"If he wants to help us, I'm very, very happy", Sarri said. I don't want to go there and not have a shot on target, but we've got to have players at their best abilities to give them a game'. I hope not. It's very hard. "We need another step to be at the same level", said the Blues head coach.

Asked whether the title is unrealistic, Sarri added: "I think so".

"Chelsea is his home, of course. I spoke to Eddie Newton (Chelsea's loan player technical coach) about it, but he ended up at Aston Villa", he told the Evening Standard.

"It is very hard to recover 30 points in one season, very hard. If he wants to play for another season, I think it's right he tries to play".

"My feeling is that now we are not a very solid team in the defensive phase".

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